The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-12-31

Greenwood, 18th District.--Miss Sallie
Gambri teacher of the public school at this place,
abandoned the idea of holding fair and instead
gave her pupils delightful Christmas treat on
Friday afternoon, which very much enjoyed
by all. She also distributed q number of beauti-
full cards.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Glen McComas attended bril-
liant china wedding near Belair, Friday evening,
23d inst, and had very enjoyable time.
A great many fine hogs have been slaughtered
in the neighborhood within the past two weeks.
Turkey raf1es have been one of the principal
amusements during the holidays and many fine
birds thus disposed Of. There were four
rafies on one night.
Z The young ladies are patiently waiting and
praying for more snow, so that the boys may have
an opportunity to fulfill their engagements. The
boys have their horses in good trim and when
"the beautiful does come there will be music in
the air.
The literary society meets every Friday evening
at u o'clock and all are invited to attend. 7. x.
A Baltimore County Ghost-The Adam
Horn Murder Revived.-The Arcadia, Balti-
more county, correspondent of the Hampstead En-
te,prise says "Though this is written from Arcadia
will give some account of the ghost recently seen
near Fowblesburg. But first permit me to go back
40 years, by giving short history of the times
when said ghost was in the flesh. In the spring
of 1912 q well-cutured and intelligent German,
62 years of age, named Adam Horn, bought q
small farm at Fowbesburg, and opened a store
and carried on tailoring. He lived by himselftll
the latter part Of the summer when he married a
good looking girl, II years of age, named Melinda
Hinkle. Some time during the following winter
she embraced religion at great revival at st.
Paul's Church, conducted by Rev. Philip Willard,
the pastor. After that she attended the nightly
meetings held at the church, and he became jeal-
of his young wife, without cause. About the
middle of the ensuing March he murdered his wife
by striking her on the head with piece of fire.
wood. He then cut her head off and burnt it, to
prevent Identification. There being a deep snow
on the ground at the time, he cut the legs and
arms off from the trunk, and carried all into the
cellar and sailed it. After the snow gone he
buried the trunk and limbs in his orchard. All
this time he tried to make people believe his wife
had left him and run away with another man, but
the neighbors became suspicious. On Easter
Monday, more than moLth after the murder.
some young men were hunting in the orchard,
when one of them shot robin, which fell ON or
near spot where the ground appeared to have
been recently disturbed. They procured shovel
and found the headless trunk in coffee sack, and
the arms and legs in another. Horn escaped, but
in few days was arrested in Philadelphia by Mr..
Ridgely, of the celebrated Baltimore independent
police firm of Ridgely, Zell & Co. He was tried
court, the trial lasting more than two weeks being
the greatest criminal case ever tried in Maryland
Horn had eminent counsel, being ably defended
by Buchanan, Mayer, Pitts and Snyder; I. Nevett
Steele being prosecuting attorney, managed the
case for the State himself; Judge Magruder on the
bench. Horn was executed in January, 1874.
Before Horn came to Maryland he murdered an
other wife in Logan county, Ohio. He broke Jail
there after being convicted. His proper name
was Andrew Holman. But it is not Horns ghost
that is seen. At that time there was German
shoemaker named John Starke and his wife living
in room of the old Blue Ball tavern. Starke and
Horn were very intimate, and people thought he
was accessory to the murder, or at least knew
something about it. He swore before the grand
jury that he knew nothing about it, but when he
went home he told his wife that Horn had told him
all about the murder Esq. Bushey was sent for
and Starke confessed ON oath all that Horn had
told him. Eearly next morning Starke left his
house and about 10 o'clock his body was found
about quarter of o mile west of F0wblesburg
ga.e-house, with his throat cut from to ear.
He was buried near the place where he committed
suicide and it is said that always at this time of
year his ghost is in the form of bright light
over the grave. One night last week as George
Brown was standing on his porch, he saw bright
light lowering over the grave for half an hour"
The Property of Thomas II. Matthew'S
The farm and mill property of Mr.. Thomas H.
Matthews, who lately made deed of trust for the
benefit of his creditors, offered at public sale
on Thursday, by S. Cover Wilson, auctioneer. 1t
Is situated in the Sth district, Cockeysville,
in one of the most fourshing sections of the coun
ty. The home farm of 140 acres, on the Western
Run turnpike, improved by stone dwelling, barn,
wagon house, two tenant houses, &c, was pur-
chased by Mr. Charles Matthews, of Baltimore, for
Sc, 900.
Farm No. 2, which adjoins the above, contains
SO acres, with ordinary improvements was pur-
chased by Mr.. James Akehurst for $500 per acre.
The property known as Willow Mill, on the
Western Run, with 3S acres of land, subject to q
mortgage of $4,000, was withdrawn on bid Of
81, 900.
Thornton Mill, on the turnpike, one mile north
of Cockeysvie, With four dwellings and 36 acres
Of land subject to mortgage of 81 ,062, was with
drawn ON a bid of 81 $50.